Richie (oka Richard A. Patton) was born and raised on Chicago's notorious South Side. Later, most of his teen years were spent in Royal Oak, MI, a northern suburb of Detroit. Since then, he has lived in more states and cities in the USA than you can shake a stick at. Then, too, added to his geographic locations is a stint in Tokyo, Japan . The father of five, he now lives with his wife, Betty, the original Curly Slim in South Carolina.
